Tie lock



15, 1939 F, F. LONDKE 2,169,653

TIE LOCK Original Filed Dec. 9, 1937 Inventor Afforngus Patented Aug. 15, 1939 warren STATES PATENT OFFHCE Application December 9, 1937, Serial No. 178,999 Renewed April 24, 1939 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a device for holding a necktie in proper position, the general ob ject of the invention being to provide an arcuate member having pins connected therewith for entering the knot of the tie and prongs at its ends for engaging the front part of the neck band of a shirt for preventing slipping of the tie on the band, the pins preventing the knot from being untied.

Another object of the invention is to provide the device with adjustable members which are used to hold the knot of the tie at the desired angle from the shirt front, the proper angle being secured by bending said projection.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims. I

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side view with parts in section and parts broken away, showing a fourin-hand tie in place on a shirt and with the device in use.

Figure 2 is an end view of the device.

Figure 3 is a perspective view thereof.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the device.

As shown in this drawing, the device comprises the body part i which is formed of an arcuate strip of suitable material which has a pair of pins 2 extending from its convex face, one on each side of the transverse center of the strip, the ends of the strip having beveled lower edges as shown at 3 and prongs 4 are formed on the upper edges of said ends and have portions extending 40 upwardly and outwardly from the concave face of the strip. These prongs are pointed at the terminals as shown. A short piece of bendable wire or the like, shown at 5, is fastened to the lower portion of the concave face of the strip at approximately the central portion thereof and the ends of this wire are bent upwardly and outwardly as shown at 6 and as the wire is of bendable material these projections 6 can be easily bent by the fingers to extend at the desired angle.

As shown in Figure 1, the pins 2 are pressed into the knot of the necktie, after the tie has been put in place, by raising the tie and pressing the pins into the knot from the underside thereof, and then when the tie is lowered the points of 55 the prongs 4 will engage the neckband of the shirt and thus prevent slipping of the knot either sidewise or up and down. The weight of the necktie will cause the prongs to engage the neckband with sufficient friction to prevent slipping of the knot and, of course, the pins 2 will prevent untieing of the knot or the same becoming loose. By adjusting the projections 6 these projections will hold the device and the knot at the desired angle with respect to the shirt front as these projections will engage the front of the neck- 10 band of the shirt and thus cause the device to hold the knot at an angle from the skirt front, as shown in Figure 1.

By adjusting these projections the pitch of the knot can be increased or decreased as desired.

While the drawing shows the device used with a four-in-hand tie it can, of course, be used with other types of ties.

It is thought from the foregoing description I that the advantages and novel features of the in- 20 vention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims. 25

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A necktie lock comprising a body part formed of a narrow imperforate strip of arcuate shape and of a length less than the width of the upper portion of the necktie knot, pins connected with the convexed face of the strip for entering the knot of the necktie in a downward and outward direction and prongs connected with the ends of as the strip at the upper edge thereof for frictionally engaging portions of the neckband of the shirt for preventing slipping movement of the knot of the necktie.

2. A necktie lock comprising a body part formed of a narrow imperforate strip of arcuate shape and of a length less than the width of the upper portion of the necktie knot, pins connected with the convexed face of the strip for entering the knot of the necktie in a downward and outward direction, prongs connected with the ends of the strip at the upper edge thereof for frictionally engaging portions of the neckband of theshirt for preventing slipping movement of the knot of the necktie, and bendable projections extending from the concave face of the strip for frictionally engaging portions of the neckband for holding the knot at an adjustable angle from the shirt front.

FRED F. LONDKE. A 

